Therein lies the tragedy of Merrick Garland. A man who could have been a truly supreme justice — but for then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s unprecedented Republican blockade ...

McConnell single-handedly blocked President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. Sen. Mitch McConnell: One of my proudest moments was when I looked at Barack Obama in the ...

Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), who recently announced that he won't be seeking an eighth term in 2026. After blocking former ...

Mitch McConnell is announcing on Thursday that ... give a hearing to Democratic President Barack Obama’s pick of Merrick Garland to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

Mitch McConnell is speaking his mind," said Lisa ... coup" — blocking President Obama's Supreme Court nomination of Merrick Garland, and then enabled Trump to confirm three conservative justices.